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- catalog abstract "Where the boundary lies between falsehood and fiction, between an actual untruth and an admitted invention, has set off many debates in intellectual circles. In classical studies, this issue has gained prominence through the upsurge of interest in the ancient novel and through recent work on the rhetorical character of ancient historiography. This pathfinding collection of essays charts the borderland between falsehood and fiction in the ancient world, especially by. Considering how far "lying" was distinguished from "fiction" at different periods and in different genres. The areas covered are early Greek poetry (E.L. Bowie), Plato (Christopher Gill), Greek and Roman historiography (J.L. Moles and T.P. Wiseman), and the Greek and Roman novel (J.R. Morgan and Andrew Laird). Michael Wood and D.C. Feeney discuss the literary critical questions involved and draw connections with contemporary debate. All Greek and Latin passages are. Translated into English, and the collection is designed to be accessible to students of literature and history generally, as well as to Classicists.".
- catalog contributor b6223281.
- catalog contributor b6223282.
- catalog created "1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1993.".
- catalog description "Considering how far "lying" was distinguished from "fiction" at different periods and in different genres. The areas covered are early Greek poetry (E.L. Bowie), Plato (Christopher Gill), Greek and Roman historiography (J.L. Moles and T.P. Wiseman), and the Greek and Roman novel (J.R. Morgan and Andrew Laird). Michael Wood and D.C. Feeney discuss the literary critical questions involved and draw connections with contemporary debate. All Greek and Latin passages are.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-254) and indexes.".
- catalog description "Lies, fiction and slander in early Greek poetry / E.L. Bowie -- Plato on falsehood, not fiction / Christopher Gill -- Truth and untruth in Herodotus and Thucydides / J.L. Moles -- Lying historians : seven types of mendacity / T.P. Wiseman -- Fiction, bewitchment and story worlds : the implications of claims to truth in Apuleius / Andrew Laird -- Make-believe and make believe : the fictionality of the Greek novels / J.R. Morgan -- Towards an account of the ancient world's concept of fictive belief / D.C. Feeney.".
- catalog description "Translated into English, and the collection is designed to be accessible to students of literature and history generally, as well as to Classicists.".
- catalog description "Where the boundary lies between falsehood and fiction, between an actual untruth and an admitted invention, has set off many debates in intellectual circles. In classical studies, this issue has gained prominence through the upsurge of interest in the ancient novel and through recent work on the rhetorical character of ancient historiography. This pathfinding collection of essays charts the borderland between falsehood and fiction in the ancient world, especially by.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 263 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Lies and fiction in the ancient world.".
- catalog identifier "0292727674".
- catalog isFormatOf "Lies and fiction in the ancient world.".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Austin : University of Texas Press,".
- catalog relation "Lies and fiction in the ancient world.".
- catalog spatial "Greece.".
- catalog spatial "Rome.".
- catalog subject "880/.09 20".
- catalog subject "Classical literature History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Fictions, Theory of.".
- catalog subject "History, Ancient Historiography.".
- catalog subject "Literature and history Greece.".
- catalog subject "Literature and history Rome.".
- catalog subject "PA3009 .L54 1993".
- catalog subject "Truthfulness and falsehood History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Lies, fiction and slander in early Greek poetry / E.L. Bowie -- Plato on falsehood, not fiction / Christopher Gill -- Truth and untruth in Herodotus and Thucydides / J.L. Moles -- Lying historians : seven types of mendacity / T.P. Wiseman -- Fiction, bewitchment and story worlds : the implications of claims to truth in Apuleius / Andrew Laird -- Make-believe and make believe : the fictionality of the Greek novels / J.R. Morgan -- Towards an account of the ancient world's concept of fictive belief / D.C. Feeney.".
- catalog title "Lies and fiction in the ancient world / edited by Christopher Gill and T.P. Wiseman.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".